Samsung SGH-A796 User manual

SGH-A797 Series

PORTABLE Quad-BAND

MOBILE PHONE

User Manual

Please read this manual before operating your

phone, and keep it for future reference.

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Intellectual Property

All Intellectual Property, as defined below, owned by or which is otherwise the property of Samsung or its respective suppliers relating to

the SAMSUNG Phone, including but not limited to, accessories, parts, or software relating there to (the “Phone System”), is proprietary to

Samsung and protected under federal laws, state laws, and international treaty provisions. Intellectual Property includes, but is not limited

to, inventions (patentable or unpatentable), patents, trade secrets, copyrights, software, computer programs, and related documentation

and other works of authorship. You may not infringe or otherwise violate the rights secured by the Intellectual Property. Moreover, you

agree that you will not (and will not attempt to) modify, prepare derivative works of, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or

otherwise attempt to create source code from the software. No title to or ownership in the Intellectual Property is transferred to you. All

applicable rights of the Intellectual Property shall remain with SAMSUNG and its suppliers.

Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), LLC

Headquarters: Customer Care Center:

1301 E. Lookout Drive 1000 Klein Rd.

Richardson, TX 75082 Plano, TX 75074

Toll Free Tel: 1.888.987.HELP (4357)

Internet Address: www.samsungusa.com

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2009 Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and its related

entities.

Do you have questions about your Samsung Mobile Phone?

For 24 hour information and assistance, we offer a new FAQ/ARS System (Automated Response System) at:

www.samsungtelecom.com/support

T9 Text Input is licensed by Tegic Communications and is covered by U.S. Pat. 5,818,437; U.S. Pat. 5,953,541; U.S. Pat. 6,011,554 and

other patents pending.

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ACCESS

®

and NetFront™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of ACCESS Co., Ltd. in Japan and other countries.

The Bluetooth

®

word mark, figure mark (stylized “B Design”), and combination mark (Bluetooth word mark and “B Design”) are registered

trademarks and are wholly owned by the Bluetooth SIG.

microSD™ and the microSD logo are Trademarks of the SD Card Association.

Openwave

®

is a registered Trademark of Openwave, Inc.

Your phone is designed to make it easy for you to access a wide variety of content. For your protection, we want you to be aware that

some applications that you enable may involve the location of your phone being shared. For applications available through AT&T, we offer

privacy controls that let you decide how an application may use the location of your phone and other phones on your account. However,

the AT&T privacy tools do not apply to applications available outside of AT&T. Please review the terms and conditions and the associated

privacy policy for each location-based service to learn how location information will be used and protected. In addition, your AT&T phone

may be used to access the Internet and to download, and/or purchase goods, applications, and services from AT&T or elsewhere from

third parties. AT&T provides tools for you to control access to the Internet and certain Internet content. These controls may not be

available for certain devices which bypass AT&T controls.

Open Source Software

Some software components of this product incorporate source code covered under GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General

Public License (LGPL), OpenSSL License, BSD License and other open source licenses. To obtain the source code covered under the open

source licenses, please visit:

http://www.samsungnetwork.com/Home/opensource

.

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Disclaimer of Warranties; Exclusion of Liability

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE EXPRESS WARRANTY CONTAINED ON THE WARRANTY PAGE ENCLOSED WITH THE PRODUCT, THE

PURCHASER TAKES THE PRODUCT "AS IS", AND SAMSUNG MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER

WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRODUCT OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY

PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE; THE DESIGN, CONDITION OR QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT; THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT; THE

WORKMANSHIP OF THE PRODUCT OR THE COMPONENTS CONTAINED THEREIN; OR COMPLIANCE OF THE PRODUCT WITH THE

REQUIREMENTS OF ANY LAW, RULE, SPECIFICATION OR CONTRACT PERTAINING THERETO. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE INSTRUCTION

MANUAL SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO CREATE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE

PRODUCT. IN ADDITION, SAMSUNG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE PURCHASE OR USE OF

THE PRODUCT OR ARISING FROM THE BREACH OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL

DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR BENEFITS.

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Table of Contents

Section 1: Getting Started .............................................. 5

Setting Up Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Charging a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Switching the Phone On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Locking the Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Setting Up Your Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ......................... 10

Features of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Front Open View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Side Views of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Rear View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Display Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using the Multitasking Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Section 3: Menu Navigation .........................................17

Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Section 4: Call Functions .............................................21

Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Making a Call Using Speed Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Making a Call from the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Quick Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Dialing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Video Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Call Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Data Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Options During a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Section 5: Entering Text ............................................... 34

Using the QWERTY Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Changing the Text Input Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using T9 Predictive Text Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using Numeric/Symbols Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using Emoticon Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using Abc Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Section 6: Changing Your Settings .............................. 39

Quick Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Sound Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Normal Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Silent Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Driving Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Outdoor Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Display and Light Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Time & Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Call Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Bluetooth Secure Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configuring Your Phone’s USB Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Network Profile Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Applications Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Memory Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Phone Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Section 7: Understanding Your Address Book ............64

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Adding a New Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Address Book Entry Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Finding My Own Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

FDN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Group Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Address Book Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Managing Address Book Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Yellow Pages Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Section 8: My Stuff .......................................................76

My Stuff Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Other Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Used Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Section 9: Camera ........................................................ 82

Using the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Camera and Camcorder Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Using the Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Section 10: Mobile Video ............................................. 90

Viewing a Video Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Using the Video Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Customizing Mobile Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Section 11: Messaging ................................................. 93

Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Creating and Sending Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Additional Message Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Viewing New Received Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Using Message Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Using Mobile Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Using Instant Messaging (IM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Deleting Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Messaging Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Used Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Section 12: Games & Applications ............................ 103

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Section 13: AppCenter ............................................... 106

Downloading Multimedia Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Ringtones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Color Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Answer Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Multimedia Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

AppCenter Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Section 14: AT&T Music .............................................109

Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Shop Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

MusicID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

XM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Music Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Make-UR-Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Music Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Section 15: AT&T GPS ................................................121

Launching AT&T Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Using Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Obtaining Driving Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Shopping for GPS Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Where . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Section 16: Mobile Web ..............................................124

Accessing the Mobile Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Homepage - att.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Navigating with the Mobile Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Enter a URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Search the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

My Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

My Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Using Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Emptying the Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Using your History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Changing the WAP Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Section 17: Tools ........................................................ 130

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Record Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Sketchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Tip Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Stopwatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Section 18: Accessibility ............................................ 139

Section 19: Health and Safety Information ...............140

Health and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Warning Regarding Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

UL Certified Travel Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Consumer Information on Wireless Phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Road Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices . . . . . . . . . 151

FCC Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for

Wireless Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Potentially Explosive Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Product Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Availability of Various Features/Ring Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Battery Standby and Talk Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Battery Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Section 20: Warranty Information .............................160

Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

End User License Agreement for Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Index ............................................................................168

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Getting Started 5

Section 1: Getting Started

This section explains how to start using your phone by first

configuring your hardware, activating your service, and then

setting up your voice mail.

Setting Up Your Phone

Prior to use it is necessary to install both the battery and SIM into

their corresponding internal compartments. The microSD card

slot is also located in this same internal area.

1. Remove the battery cover by placing your thumbnail into

the slot at the bottom of the phone (1) and lifting up.

2. Lift the cover away from the phone (2).

Installing the SIM Card

When you subscribe to a cellular network, you are provided with

a plug-in SIM card loaded with your subscription details, such as

your PIN, available optional services, and many others features.

Important!:

The plug-in SIM card information and its contacts can be easily

damaged by scratching or bending, so be careful when handling,

inserting, or removing the card. Keep all SIM cards out of reach

of small children.

䊳

Carefully slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket until the

card locks into place.

•

Make sure that the card’s gold contacts face into the phone and

that the upper-left angled corner of the card is positioned as shown.

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Note:

If the card is not inserted correctly, the phone does not detect the SIM

card. Re-orient the card back into the slot.

Installing the Memory Card

Your phone also supports the use of a memory card (microSD™)

for data storage of such things as data, music, pictures, and

video files. This type of memory card is designed for use with this

mobile phone and other devices.

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Push the microSD card into the slot until it clicks (as shown).

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Make sure the microSD’s gold contact pins face upward and the

card is securely inserted.

Note:

The Samsung a797 has been tested to support up to a 16GB memory

card.

Installing the Battery

1. Insert the battery into the opening on the back of the

phone, making sure the connectors align (1).

2. Gently press down to secure the battery (2).

3. Replace the battery cover onto the back of the phone (1).

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4.

Press down until you hear a light click (2).

Note:

Make sure the battery is properly installed before switching on the

phone.

Charging a Battery

Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery. The

Travel Adapter that is used to charge the battery, is included with

your phone. Use only Samsung-approved batteries and chargers.

Note:

Long backlight settings, searching for service, vibrate mode, browser

use, and other variables may reduce the battery’s talk and standby

times.

Although you can use the phone while the battery is charging,

doing so will require additional charging time.

Note:

You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the first

time. A discharged battery recharges fully in approximately 4 hours.

Using the Travel Adapter

1. With the battery installed, temporarily remove the plastic

cover (upper left side of phone) and plug in the wall

charger’s connector into the jack.

Important!:

Verify that the handset battery is installed prior to connection. If

the battery is not properly installed and the wall charger is

connected, the handset may power off and on continuously,

preventing proper operation.

Note:

The wall charger’s connector will be attached to the phone at a slight

angle.

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2.

Plug the flat end of the Travel Adapter into the Power/

Accessory Interface connector and the other end into a

standard AC wall outlet.

3. When charging is finished, remove the flat end from the

interface connector jack on the phone.

Warning!:

If your handset has a touch screen display, please note that a

touch screen responds best to a light touch from the pad of your

finger or a non-metallic stylus. Using excessive force or a metallic

object when pressing on the touch screen may damage the

tempered glass surface and void the warranty. For more

information, refer to “Standard Limited Warranty” on page 160.

Note:

Failure to unplug the wall charger before you remove the battery, can

cause damage to the phone.

Low Battery Indicator

When the battery is weak and only a few minutes of talk time

remain, the battery icon ( ) blinks and the device sounds a

warning tone at regular intervals. In this condition, your phone

conserves its remaining battery power, not by turning off the

backlight, but by entering the dimming mode. For a quick check

of your battery level, glance at the battery charge indicator

located in the upper-right corner of your device’s display. Five

bars ( ) indicate a full charge.

When the battery level becomes too low, the phone automatically

turns off.

Switching the Phone On or Off

1. Press and hold or until the phone switches on.

The phone launches the activation splash screen and then

proceeds to search for the network. Once the network has

been found, you can make or receive calls.

Note:

The display language is preset to English at the factory. To change the

language, use the Language menu. For more information, refer to

“Changing Your Settings” on page 39.

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2.

Press and hold , until the phone switches off.

Locking the Touch Screen

1. Press (on the right side of the phone) to lock the

touch screen.

2. Press and hold again to unlock the touch screen.

Setting Up Your Voice Mail

1. In Idle mode, press and hold or .

You may be prompted to enter a password.

2. Follow the tutorial to create a password, record a greeting,

and record your name.

Note:

These steps may be different depending on your network.

Accessing Your Voice Mail

1. In Idle mode, press and hold or .

2. When connected, follow the voice prompts from the voice

mail center.

Accessing Your Voice Mail From Another Phone

1. Dial your wireless phone number.

2. When you hear your voicemail greeting, press the asterisk

key (*).

3. Enter your passcode using the onscreen keypad.

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Section 2: Understanding Your Phone

This section outlines some key features of your phone. It also

displays the screen and the icons that appear when the phone is

in use.

Features of Your Phone

Your phone is lightweight, easy-to-use and offers many useful

features. The following list outlines a few of the features included

in your phone.

•

Touch screen provides quick response to a variety of in-phone menus

and options

•

Multitasking

•

User friendly, menu driven access to features and options

•

Ready access to the Internet

•

Built-in Bluetooth technology

•

Instant Messaging capability

•

AT&T GPS Navigation functionality provides real-time navigation

•

microSD card compatibility for use in data storage and access

•

My Stuff feature provides Applications, Audio, Games, Pictures, Tools,

Videos, Other Files and Used Space.

Front Open View of Your Phone

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1.

External speaker: allows you to hear the caller.

2. Display: shows the information needed to operate your

phone, such as the received signal strength, phone battery

level, time, etc.

3. Message Key: allows you to access the Create Message

option.

4. Contacts key: allows you to access your current Contacts,

Groups and Favorites lists.

5. Dial key: allows you to access the Phone Functions menu,

such as Dialer, Contacts, and New Message screen.

6. Talk/Send key: allows you to power on the phone, make

or answer a call, access your Call History, Call Manager,

and Call Block features. Press and hold to redial the last

phone number.

7.

Voicemail key

: Allows you to press and hold to

automatically dial your voicemail.

8.

Built in QWERTY Keypad

: Allows you to enter numbers,

letters, and characters using a full QWERTY keypad

interface.

9.

Messaging

: Press the Messaging key to compose a text or

multimedia message.

10.

Microphone

: The Microphone allows the other callers to

hear you when you are speaking to them.

11.

Silent mode

: Press and hold to place your device in silent

mode. In text entry mode, press to add a space.

12. Directional keys: allows you to scroll up, down, left, and

right while navigating menus and the Mobile Web.

13. Power/End key: ends a call. Press and hold for three

seconds to turn the phone on or off. While in a menu,

pressing this key once cancels the current input and twice

returns the phone to Idle mode.

14. Back key: allows you to return to the previous menu. This

key also allows you to return to the previous page within

the Web browser. In Idle mode, this key displays your

calendar.

15. Menu key: allows you to access your phone’s menu

functions menu, such as IM, Messaging, Mobile Email,

Mobile Web, AppCenter, YPmobile, AT&T GPS, Address

Book, AT&T Music, My Stuff, Mobile Video, and Settings.

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16.

Shortcuts key: allows you to set up shortcuts to your

favorite applications, tools, or features.

17. Favorites key: allows you to access and maintain a

favorite list of contacts.

Side Views of Your Phone

1. Power/Accessory Interface connector: allows you to

connect a Travel Charger or other optional accessories

such as a USB/data cable or a hands-free headset for

convenient, hands-free conversations.

2.

Volume keys

: allow you to adjust the ringer volume while in

standby mode or adjust the voice volume during a call.

When receiving an incoming call, briefly press down either

volume key ( ) to mute the ring tone. Press and

hold either volume key to reject the call and send it directly

to voicemail. Adjusts text size when reading a message or

using your browser.

3.

Multitask key

: ( ) launches the multitask menu. This

menu provides ready access to some of the most

commonly used features such as: Call, Messaging, Mobile

Web, Music Player, and Games. You can also End all

running features.

4.

Camera key

: allows you to both access the Picture camera

menu and take pictures when you are in camera mode. In

Idle mode, press to launch the camera.

5. Lock key: ( ) lets you lock or unlock the touch screen.

If you receive an incoming call while the screen is locked,

you can answer it by pressing or

Accept

without

unlocking the screen.

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Rear View of Your Phone

1.

Speaker

— Allows you to hear music.

2.

Camera lens

: is used to take pictures and shoot videos.

Display Layout

Your display screen provides a wealth of information about the

phone’s status and options.The display has 3 main areas:

Function Categories

Function Categories are shortcuts to Dial (for dialing a number),

Contacts (accessing the Contacts list), Menu (displays the icons

for application access), Message (takes you to the Create

Message screen), Favorites (displays your Contact Favorites), and

Shortcuts (displays shortcuts that you have set up to easily

access your favorite applications).

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Indicators

Main Display

area

Function

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